[Mew-dist 08982] char-width is void

[Spiderman]

I apologize in advance if this problem has already been dealt
with. The problem I am encountering occurs when I try to view a MIME
encoded message.  The error message is 

  "Symbol's function definition is void: char-width"

When I turned on debug mode this showed up in the Backtrace buffer.

;; Backtrace Output
Signaling: (void-function char-width)
  char-width(?r)
  mew-substring("reutersfooter.gif" 9)
  mew-syntax-format([single 2271 3598 nil ("image/gif" "name=\"reutersfooter.gif\"") "base64" nil nil ("attachment" "filename=\"reutersfooter.gif\"")] "2" decoding)
  mew-syntax-singlepart("3" [single 2271 3598 nil ("image/gif" "name=\"reutersfooter.gif\"") "base64" nil nil ("attachment" "filename=\"reutersfooter.gif\"")] decoding "2" mew-summary-button nil)
  mew-syntax-multipart("3" [multi 1197 3646 nil ("multipart/mixed" "boundary=\"----=_NextPart_000_0075_01BEA605.1A0C17C0\"") nil nil nil nil [single 1368 2077 nil ("text/plain" "charset=\"iso-8859-1\"") "7bit" nil nil nil] [single 2271 3598 nil ("image/gif" "name=\"reutersfooter.gif\"") "base64" nil nil ("attachment" "filename=\"reutersfooter.gif\"")]] decoding nil mew-summary-button body)
  mew-syntax-print([multi 1197 3646 nil ("multipart/mixed" "boundary=\"----=_NextPart_000_0075_01BEA605.1A0C17C0\"") nil nil nil nil [single 1368 2077 nil ("text/plain" "charset=\"iso-8859-1\"") "7bit" nil nil nil] [single 2271 3598 nil ("image/gif" "name=\"reutersfooter.gif\"") "base64" nil nil ("attachment" "filename=\"reutersfooter.gif\"")]] "3" decoding mew-summary-button ([mew-summary-toolbar-icon-show mew-summary-show t "Read Forward"] [mew-summary-toolbar-icon-next mew-summary-display-down t "Show Next Message"] [mew-summary-toolbar-icon-prev mew-summary-display-up t "Show Previous Message"] [mew-summary-toolbar-icon-inc mew-summary-get t "Check New Messages"] [mew-summary-toolbar-icon-write mew-summary-send t "Write Message"] [mew-summary-toolbar-icon-reply mew-summary-reply t "Reply to This Message"] [mew-summary-toolbar-icon-forward mew-summary-forward t "Forward This Message"] [mew-summary-toolbar-icon-refile mew-summary-refile t "Refile This Message"]))
  mew-decode-syntax-print("3" [message 1 1196 nil ("Message/Rfc822") nil "Reuter's Logo" nil nil [multi 1197 3646 nil ("multipart/mixed" "boundary=\"----=_NextPart_000_0075_01BEA605.1A0C17C0\"") nil nil nil nil [single 1368 2077 nil ... "7bit" nil nil nil] [single 2271 3598 nil ... "base64" nil nil ...]]] "+inbox")
  mew-summary-display-message("+inbox" "3" "+inbox")
  #<compiled-function (from "mew-summary.elc") nil "...(165)" [message "No message" mew-summary-message-number mew-syntax-number mew-summary-folder-name fld msg mew-current-get ofld-msg part opart buffer-name buf nil next mew-summary-toggle-disp-msg on (...) mew-window-configure mew-summary-display-message mew-message-next-page t mew-summary-display-part assoc mew-cache mew-decode-syntax set-buffer-modified-p] 4 ("/usr/local/lib/xemacs-20.4/site-lisp/mew/mew-summary.elc" . 18242) nil>()
  call-interactively(mew-summary-show)

-billy